The Consequences Of Child Labor In Ender's Game

The first draft “If we can 't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.” (Alexis Herman).For the majority of us, we don’t have to worry about how we came to be and what’s ahead of us. Ender on the other hand, was born for a specific reason with his destiny already set for him. Child labor has been a worldwide issue since the beginning of time and isn’t something that has completely gone away. Children of all ethnicities and backgrounds have worked tedious jobs that are physically and mentally exhausting. Even though Ender’s Game is set in the future, child labor is still evident even though not necessarily recognized. Child labor is an implicit theme and human rights issue throughout …show more content…
The International Labor Office estimates (pdf) there are about 168 million child laborers, accounting for about one in 10 of the world’s children. Almost 200 million children are child laborers. One in ten kids is forced into situations where school isn’t prioritized. In Ender’s Game, Ender is thrust into the workforce early on in his life and is forced to deal with what is thrown at him. Many kids face this daily and it is still a worldwide epidemic. The book just goes to show that although time has passed, many things haven’t. Children who work on the family farm or in the family business labor an average of nearly 27 hours (pdf) a week—many will work far more. Such a heavy time commitment means child laborers are far less likely to be in school. The amount of time kids are spending working are far more than the hours they spend learning. With the amount of time spent doing chores and laboring, they could be learning. They’re robbed of their childhoods just as Ender was and have no chance of a batter life if things don’t change. Ender is just another example of a young kid exploited for their physical